Comparison

Memorae vs Amber Lock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Memorae

This app helps you offload the mental burden of remembering tasks and details. It acts as a personal memory assistant, storing information and providing timely reminders without overwhelming you. Designed for busy individuals seeking clarity and calm productivity.

Highlights
  • Offload mental load
  • Personal memory assistant
  • Timely reminders
  • Information storage and retrieval
  • Clear daily overview
  • Integration with messaging apps
Features
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Send it everything. It remembers and brings it back at exactly the right moment. Memorae is your second brain. Offload a thought, a deadline, a photo, a password anything you don’t want to carry. It files it, understands it, and returns it the moment it matters: on WhatsApp, Telegram, email or the app. You just live. Memorae remembers for you. UNLIMITED REMINDERS “Remind me Thursday at 9 to email Juan.” “Remind me to pay taxes the first Monday of every month.” One-time, recurring or conditional. No limits, no alarm to set. REMIND OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST YOURSELF “Every Friday, remind my teammate to update the finance report.” Memorae nudges them for you. You keep the relationship, it does the chasing. TASK TRACKER “Create a board for the Q3 launch.” Done Queue, This Week, Today, Done. Break goals into subtasks by voice, then ask what to focus on. LISTS THAT NEVER GO STALE “Create my shopping list: milk, bananas, coffee.” Then, in the aisle: “what’s on my shopping list?” Add on the go, see only what’s pending, clear finished items in one sweep. EVERY CALENDAR, ONE PLACE Connect every Google and Outlook calendar. Create events, move them, cancel them, or ask “how many events do I have today?” Memorae checks all of them before answering. SHARE YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU KNOW, IN ONE MESSAGE “Share the Design board with Maria.” She’s in instantly — no invite, no accept, no seats to buy. Give someone the whole board, or only their own tasks. Say “add olive oil to Groceries” and it lands on your partner’s phone as you send it. Documents, passwords and whole Memory Bubbles share the same way: private, one to one, revocable anytime. A MEMORY YOU CAN SEARCH LIKE GOOGLE Everything you save sorts itself into visual Memory Bubbles — no folders, no filing. Then ask the way you remember: “that recipe from last month,” “the insurance PDF.” SEND A PHOTO, GET AN ACTION A concert poster becomes a calendar event. A boarding pass gets a 3-hour reminder. A router label becomes the Wi-Fi password you ask for later. YOUR MORNING AND YOUR WEEK, SOLVED A Daily Briefing at the hour you choose: meetings, tasks, reminders, plus anything you add BTC, workouts, headlines. Every Monday, a Weekly Briefing with your heaviest days and open blocks. IT LEARNS HOW YOU WORK “Meetings only between 4 and 7pm.” “Casual on WhatsApp, formal in client emails.” Tell it once. The longer you use it, the less you explain. YOUR INBOX, HANDLED Check Gmail from a chat, find files by what’s inside them, create Google Docs. Memorae sorts your inbox by what needs a reply, then drafts it in your tone. ASK ACROSS EVERY TOOL YOU USE Connect Slack, Notion, Linear, Jira, GitHub, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk over 1,000 tools. “What’s blocking the launch?” Memorae answers across all of them with sources, then creates the issue itself. ONE MEMORY, EVERYWHERE WhatsApp, Telegram, email, the app, the Chrome extension, the dashboard. Save it in one, find it in all. Trusted by 200,000+ people in 60+ countries. PLANS Free to start. Memorae offers auto-renewable subscriptions (Origin, Supernova, Big Bang), monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Settings. Privacy and Security Your data is private and protected, on a security-first architecture. Privacy Policy URL: https://memorae.ai/privacy-policy Terms URL: https://memorae.ai/terms

About

Amber Lock

This app locks distracting applications in digital amber, requiring you to walk to unlock them. Earn screen time by converting your steps, providing a unique friction-based approach to managing digital distractions.

Highlights
  • Lock distracting apps
  • Unlock by walking
  • Steps convert to screen time
  • Background step counting
  • No guilt or lectures
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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Amber Lock seals your most distracting apps in digital amber. To get them back, you have to stand up and walk. Whether your goals are to reduce screen time, increase your daily steps, or both, Amber Lock has got you covered! THE LEGEND Gnomish stories tell of a distracted worker whose candied berries were sealed in tree sap until he finished plowing the fields. Amber Lock applies the same friction to your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Seal your distractions. Pick your worst offenders (social media, games, news) and lock them inside the amber. 2. Set your own rules. Decide how many steps buy one minute, how many steps the tank can hold, and how long a single unlock is allowed to run. 3. Walk. Put the phone in your pocket and go. Your real steps charge the Melter. 4. Melt the amber. Spend that charge whenever you choose, up to the limit you set. 5. Watch it re-seal. When the charge runs dry, the amber locks your apps again. BUILT FOR YOUR SCREEN TIME, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S A 4am doomscroller and a gamer who wants one clean hour at night need opposite things from a blocker. Most apps give them the same one. If your problem is the slow drip (five minutes here, twenty there) run a small tank and a short unlock cap. A slip costs you five minutes, not the entire evening. If your problem is that you want your hour before bed and you want it uninterrupted, use the deep tank instead. Bank steps all day, then spend them in one sitting without the app locking you out halfway through. SEE WHAT YOU GET BACK Amber Lock tracks your time in sealed apps week over week, so you can watch the hours come back. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget sits beside your locked apps showing the time you have left, so you can melt or re-seal without opening anything. PRIVACY Amber Lock uses Apple's Screen Time API to block apps directly on your device. Your app usage data never leaves your phone. It isn't sent to us or to anyone else. Your step data stays on your device too. NO SUBSCRIPTION Amber Lock is free, and it's fully usable that way. One optional upgrade is available as one-time purchases. This gives you access to premium settings which allow you to further customize your Amber Melter! Take back your time. Seal the distractions. Earn your screen time. Terms & conditions of use: https://www.gnomesteadcollective.com/terms?app=amber-lock#amber-lock

Screenshots

Memorae4 screens
Amber Lock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Amber Lock at 100% against Memorae's 36%. Amber Lock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Memorae's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Memorae sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Amber Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Amber Lock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memorae has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Memorae's written reviews are positive against 100% of Amber Lock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memorae ships an update every 2 weeks, Amber Lock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Memorae versus Amber Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoraeAmber Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (37 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMemorae IncGnomestead Collective LLC

Customer experience

Memorae

All ratings37 ratings
Positive56.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative35.1%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative59.1%

Amber Lock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Memorae

Subscriptions8
  • Origin Plan Monthly 30 OFF$6.991 Month
  • Origin Plan Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Supernova Plan Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • Origin Plan Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Big Bang Plan Monthly7 Days trial$59.991 Month
  • Supernova Plan Yearly 25 OFF$89.991 Year
  • Supernova Plan Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Big Bang Plan Yearly7 Days trial$359.991 Year
None

Amber Lock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memorae free?
Memorae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amber Lock free?
Amber Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memorae or Amber Lock?
Amber Lock is rated higher. Memorae averages 3.3 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Amber Lock averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Memorae or Amber Lock have ads?
Neither Memorae nor Amber Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memorae or Amber Lock?
Memorae ships an update every 2 weeks, and Amber Lock every 4 days. Most recently, Memorae was updated on October 22, 2026 and Amber Lock on October 11, 2026.

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